Vocabulary
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| 河东狮吼 河東獅吼 | lit. the lioness from Hedong roars (idiom); fig. refers to a shrewish wife or a henpecked husband | Idiom |
| 困苦 困苦 | deprivation; distressed; miserable | Xiehouyu |
| 无心 無心 | unintentionally; not in the mood to | Xiehouyu |
| 笃定 篤定 | certain; confident (of some outcome); calm and unhurried | Xiehouyu |
| 神话 神話 | legend; fairy tale; myth; mythology | Xiehouyu |
| 来不及 來不及 | there's not enough time (to do sth); it's too late (to do sth) | Xiehouyu |
| 高潮 高潮 | high tide; high water; upsurge; peak of activity; climax (of a story, a competition etc); to have an orgasm | Xiehouyu |
| 受不了 受不了 | unbearable; unable to endure; can't stand | Xiehouyu |
| 冷静 冷靜 | calm; cool-headed; dispassionate; (of a place) deserted; quiet | Xiehouyu |
| 聊天 聊天 | to chat; to gossip | Xiehouyu |
| 苦 苦 | bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly | Xiehouyu |
| 轻松 輕鬆 | light; gentle; relaxed; effortless; uncomplicated; to relax; to take things less seriously | Xiehouyu |
| 无法 無法 | unable; incapable | Xiehouyu |
| 案子 案子 | long table; counter; (coll.) case (criminal, medical etc); matter; project; job | Colloquialism |
| 穷 窮 | poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly | Colloquialism |
| 老婆 老婆 | (coll.) wife | Colloquialism |
| 烧 燒 | to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head | Colloquialism |
| 俩 倆 | two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some | Colloquialism |
| 抱 抱 | to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely | Colloquialism |
| 苏东坡 蘇東坡 | Su Dongpo, another name for Su Shi 蘇軾|苏轼 (1037-1101), northern Song writer and calligrapher | Proper Noun |
| 黄州 黃州 | Huangzhou district of Huanggang city, Hubei | Proper Noun |
| 东坡 東坡 | Dongpo District of Meishan City, Sichuan | Proper Noun |
| 王安石 王安石 | Wang Anshi (1021-1086), Song dynasty politician and writer, one of the Eight Giants 唐宋八大家 | Proper Noun |
| 赤壁 赤壁 | Chibi, county-level city in Xianning, Hubei; Chibi or Red Cliff in Huangzhou district of Huanggang city, Hubei, scene of the famous battle of Red Cliff of 208 | Proper Noun |
| 太守 太守 | governor of a province | Proper Noun |
| 惠州 惠州 | Huizhou, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province | Proper Noun |
| 李宗盛 李宗盛 | Jonathan Lee (1958-), Taiwanese record producer and songwriter | Proper Noun |
| 李 李 | Li (surname) | Proper Noun |
| 安国 安國 | Anguo, county-level city in Baoding, Hebei | Proper Noun |
| 东坡肉 東坡肉 | stir-fried pork, favorite of Northern Song writer Su Shi 蘇軾|苏轼, a.k.a. Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡 | Proper Noun |
| 江海 江海 | Jianghai district of Jiangmen city 江門市|江门市, Guangdong | Proper Noun |
| 宋徽宗 宋徽宗 | Emperor Huizong (Song Dynasty) | Proper Noun |
| 徐州 徐州 | Xuzhou, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province | Proper Noun |
| 方丈 方丈 | one of three fabled islands in Eastern sea, abode of immortals | Proper Noun |
| 金陵 金陵 | pre-Han name for Nanjing; common place name | Proper Noun |
| 法家 法家 | the Legalist school of political philosophy, which rose to prominence in the Warring States period (475-221 BC) (The Legalists believed that social harmony could only be attained through strong state control, and advocated for a system of r | Proper Noun |
| 陶渊明 陶淵明 | Tao Yuanming (c. 365-427), Jin dynasty writer and poet | Proper Noun |
| 纳尔逊 納爾遜 | Horatio Nelson (1758-1805), British naval hero | Proper Noun |
| 法国人 法國人 | Frenchman; French person | Proper Noun |
| 唐宋 唐宋 | the Tang (618-907) and Song (960-1279) dynasties | Proper Noun |
| 故宫 故宮 | the Forbidden City; abbr. for | Proper Noun |
| 海南岛 海南島 | Hainan Island in South China Sea | Proper Noun |
| 林语堂 林語堂 | Lin Yutang (1895-1976), Chinese writer, linguist and inventor | Proper Noun |
| 黄梅戏 黃梅戲 | Huangmei opera (local opera of Anhui) | Proper Noun |
| 世界报 世界報 | the name of various newspapers, notably Le Monde (France), El Mundo (Spain) and Die Welt (Germany) | Proper Noun |
| 江南 江南 | south of Changjiang or Yangtze river; south of the lower reaches of Changjiang; often refers to south Jiangsu, south Anhui and north Zhejiang provinces; a province during Qing times; in literature, refers to the sunny south; Gangnam (distri | Proper Noun |
| 芙蓉 芙蓉 | Furong district of Changsha city, Hunan; Seremban, capital of Sembilan state, Malaysia | Proper Noun |
| 临江 臨江 | Linjiang, county-level city in Baishan, Jilin | Proper Noun |
| 庄子 莊子 | Zhuangzi (369-286 BC), Daoist author | Proper Noun |
| 江山 江山 | Jiangshan, county-level city in Quzhou, Zhejiang | Proper Noun |